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When antimatter and matter collide, they annihilate in a flash of pure energy. Conveniently, there's way more matter than antimatter in our universe, which is lucky because otherwise everything would be one big cosmic firework show lasting about 0.001 seconds. ⬇️

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The Pauli Exclusion Principle states that no two identical fermions can occupy the same quantum state. It's why matter has volume instead of everything collapsing into the same point. Your entire physical existence is basically cosmic assigned seating. ⬇️

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Gluons, which hold quarks together, get stronger the further apart the quarks get. It's like having a friend who becomes more clingy the more you try to avoid them. Try to separate quarks and you'll just create new ones from the energy - nature's ultimate codependency. ⬇️

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The top quark is so heavy and decays so quickly that it dies before it can form any composite particles. It's basically the James Dean of subatomic particles - lives fast, dies young, and physicists spend decades romanticizing its brief existence. ⬇️

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1/12 Dust off your textbooks, your pencils and gluons, this week we're talking about the standard model of particle physics! The model is physics' equivalent of that friend who claims they can explain the plot of "Primer" perfectly, technically correct but missing some fairly significant pieces. ⬇️

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Quantum Field Theory suggests empty space isn't actually empty - it's full of virtual particles popping in and out of existence. They borrow energy to exist, then quickly pay it back before the universe notices. It's like cosmic payday loans, but instantaneous. ⬇️

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Astronomers: "A seven-planet alignment is happening Feb 28th!" The planets: literally just standing in the same corner of the cosmic party Neptune: "I came 2.7 billion miles for THIS? At least we don't have to do it again until 2040." Earth: frantically taking selfies #feb28

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The planets are having a cosmic family reunion! All seven from Mercury to Neptune lining up on one side of the Sun—first time since social distancing became a thing. Next planetary group selfie opportunity: 2040. Look up! #PlanetaryParade

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NASA has protocols for announcing the discovery of alien life, carefully designed to prevent panic. Step 1: Verify the discovery. Step 2: Tell the President. Step 3: Tell the public. Step 4: Desperately try to prevent social media from turning it into memes. #SETI

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1/3 The phosphine controversy on Venus shows how hard it is to find alien life. Scientists detected a gas that usually indicates biological processes, everyone got excited, then other scientists questioned the data. It's the scientific method's version of a soap opera. ⬇️

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1/3 SETI researchers use massive radio telescopes to listen for alien signals. Imagine trying to eavesdrop on your neighbors, except your neighbors are several light years away and might communicate by modulating quantum states instead of using radio. ⬇️

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1/3 Scientists searching for alien life are basically cosmic archaeologists working with a sample size of one. Everything we know about life comes from Earth, so we're looking for aliens while secretly hoping they're just weird cousins of pond scum. ⬇️

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1/3 The Drake Equation estimates the number of alien civilizations we might contact. The funny part? We're basically trying to solve a cosmic math problem where we don't know ANY of the variables. It's like trying to bake a cake when you're not sure if ingredients exist. ⬇️

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🛰️ NEW EPISODE ALERT! 📡 "The Wow! Signal" has just dropped! Join us as we explore radioastronomy's most famous 72-second mystery and why 1420.4056 MHz might be the most important frequency you'll never hear. 🎧 Listen now: https://buff.ly/4iemQiR #WowSignal #SETI #CosmicCalls #tmeh

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1/3 The Big Ear telescope that detected the Wow! Signal was demolished in 1998 to make room for a golf course. Somewhere out there, aliens might be trying to call back on our cosmic answering machine, only to reach a bunch of people yelling "FORE!" ⬇️

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1/3 The Wow! Signal's code was "6EQUJ5" - a sequence describing its intensity over time. SETI researchers have been trying to decode meaning from these six characters for decades, like ancient scholars analyzing the world's shortest, most cryptic text message. ⬇️

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1/3 Recent theories suggest the Wow! Signal might have come from hydrogen clouds around comets we didn't know existed in 1977. But this explanation has its own problems, like why we've never seen anything similar from other comets. ⬇️

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1/3 The Wow! Signal came from the constellation Sagittarius, appeared once, and despite thousands of follow-up observations, has never been detected again. It's like getting a cosmic wrong number call that ends up in scientific journals. ⬇️

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